Our Little Tapper

This week in dance class, I got to watch part of Harper's tap routine.  I am pretty impressed that she actually remembers the dance and does it well.  At the end of class she was presented with an award, "The Tremendous Tapper"!  She was pretty excited and proud of her award!

Reece-Student of the Month

Reece has recently switched to the more advanced classes at Taekwondo. We were kind of concerned that he would have a hard time keeping up, he is one of the youngest in there.  He did the opposite, he practices his form all the time and he tries hard in class.  His instructor has used him as an example to the other kids and adults, if he is only 6 and can do it so can they.  Reece tested for his Green belt last night and did an awesome job!!  His instructor told Clint and he is going to start a student of the month program and Reece is going to be the first one!  We are pretty proud of him!!

Mommy

Carson has just recently started saying some more words, I think his favorite is "mommy".  At first I was pretty happy that he was finally saying it...but now he says it ALL the time!  He follows me around with arms up saying MOMMY.  Some other favorites are puppy, ball, yes and hawkeye (doesn't really sound like hawkeye but that is what he is saying).  Reece and Harper always try to figure out what he is saying, they think it is pretty cool that he is talking.

Reece's New Look

We got a notice from the school a few weeks before Christmas saying that Reece had trouble with the vision exam.  We went to his eye appointment and he did have a lot of trouble seeing the letters. We just got his glasse this week, he is pretty excited about them. He said he can see so much better, kinda makes me sad that we didn't know earlier that he was having trouble.

A few weeks late...

My camera has been kind of annoying, I finally got the pictures that I had from Christmas onto the computer.

Harper's side of the roof was all pink and purple!

Elf in Training

Best attempt at a pic of all 3

That boy loves his boots!

Harper and her new Barbie RV, she played with it all day!

Reece and his Razor 360.  He can't wait for it to get
warmer outside.

Carson and his new Elmo.

Harper and Finley

Attempt at a grandkids pic with my parents.  Carson felt awful,
he really did not want to sit there.

Harper with her new baby with matching PJs.

Buddy the Elf

Buddy came to our house the weekend before Thanksgiving.  Harper was really into him this year,  Carson would also look around in the morning to see where he was at. He did do some creative things this year, but there were many nights that he hung out on a shelf or in the tree.

Playing Trouble...he is not doing very well!

He brought the kids each a decoration.
 Harper said the elf is his girlfriend.

Nerf gun...there were a couple bullets stuck to the tv!

Reading a Christmas book

TP'd the tree, he is sitting in the tp roll up on the shelf.

Snacking on cookies that the neighbor made.

Sleeping in

Snowball fight

He also brought the kids Despicable Me 2 one night and brought PJ's on Christmas Eve. 

Christmas PJs

I love getting the kids Christmas pajamas! They usually only get them on Christmas Eve but this year I got a set that they wore today too. Reece and Carson have matching Santa ones and Harper has reindeer.  We did a photo shoot, Carson wasn't too into it!

HO HO HO!

Not sure what he is doing here!

She loves having her picture taken!

Reece kept saying..."Santa's in the HOUSE!"

Would rather not get his picture taken

Only one of all 3

Winter Concerts

Reece and Harper had their winter concerts a few weeks ago.  They sang songs from Disney movies, it was pretty good.  They both really liked singing and dancing!

Reece...really excited before the concert

They were to wear a black shirt, jeans and extra sparkle. 
She had on a sparkle headband, jeans and boots.

She is on the front row, third from right with a green tie.

Reece

Tonight we made Snickerdoodle puppy chow.  Harper and I thought it was really good!  Reece preferred to eat the Rice Chex plain, he said it has no taste but is delicious!  He really doesn't eat too many sweets but to prefer plain Rice Chex is a little weird!

Reno Has Started!

We started a kitchen reno last weekend.  We knew that we wanted to upgrade our appliances, countertops and add a backsplash but were not sure when. The Lowe's ad came in the mail with appliances on sale, I put our old appliances online for sale and they sold within an hour!  We were now committed to buying new ones!  We are going to pick out countertops and backsplash next week. My goal is for this to be complete by Christmas!

BEFORE

AFTER!...I am so excited to have a huge fridge! The kids
LOVE the water and ice in the front.
It fits in the spot very snuggly!

BEFORE

AFTER!...I was a little nervous to use this for the first time,
so different from our old one.

Halloween

We have had a busy day with Halloween activities.  Carson's daycare had a parade and went to all the businesses around the center.  Reece and Harper had a parade at school so everyone could see all the costumes, then they had snacks and played games.  We handed out candy at home for about an hour then we went out and got too much! 

First Tooth

Reece finally lost his first tooth!  He was eating a strawberry and said it felt loose.  My mom was here and pulled it out!  He got $5 from the Tooth Fairy. 

He said he had to make his eyes like that,
don't know why!

My baby is 1

My baby turned one yesterday.  Everyone says time flies and it really does.

He likes:  his brother and sister, getting into their stuff,  eating about anything

He doesn't like: being in his stroller very long, drinking from a sippy cup

He is a pretty happy little guy, he is always on the go.  Clint asked if our other two were as active as he is?!?  He is trying to walk but will only take a few steps at a time.  He has decided to sleep thru the night, finally! 

Birthday Cake

Carson loves his brother and sister

Cake everywhere!



Birthday Photo Shoot

QB

Reece played quarterback for most of his game today, he did a really good job. 

getting ready to hand off

waiting for the ball

passing

These are the pictures that he had taken.  I am not sure what is up with
his smile, he looks scared!  I have a button, don't know if I will
be wearing that.